Tag: Sustainable Business
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84 Businesses Honored as ‘Best for the Environment’
Today, 84 companies worldwide were recognized for creating the most positive environmental impact by the nonprofit B Lab with the release of the third annual “B Corp Best for the Environment” list. The “B Corp Best for the Environment” list honors businesses that earned an environmental impact score in the top 10 percent of all…
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New York Yankees Ready to Lead the League in Sustainability
Two weeks before the New York Yankees opened their 111th baseball season, as Derek Jeter and his teammates were in Florida finishing up their spring training schedule, the Yankee’s vice president of Stadium Operations, Doug Behar, was out in California, attending a spring training session of his own. Instead of exhibition games and batting practice,…
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Do You Live in One of the 25 Greenest Cities?
When a website creates a list with the title, “Greenest Cities in America,” it’s easy to think you know which ones will be included and why. NerdWallet’s list of that name does contain a couple overlapping municipalities with lists on the top solar cities or the most bike-friendly communities, for example, but it’s mostly comprised…
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Realities of Shifting to a Sustainable Economy
“The true nature of the international system under which we were living was not realized until it failed.” —Karl Polanyi A transition to a sustainable economy requires not only population stabilization, breakthroughs in resource productivity and checks on material consumption, but also constraints on aggregate investment. Built into the DNA of finance is the goal…
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How Green Investing Improves the Environment and Your Pocketbook
If you’re putting your money toward companies that specialize in clean energy or green technologies, you’re clearly doing your part to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, conserve our resources and treat the planet with the care it deserves. You’re also clearly trying to make money. And who could fault you for that? Especially if it means…